Hi Barbara. I’m a 67 year old rider with a fair bit of experience but am now riding a more sensitive young horse who I have begun lower level dressage competition with. This partner is telling me that I need to deal with my anxiety, impatience, and lack of confidence as he picks up on these emotions and it affects his confidence and willingness to work with me. I enjoyed your introductory remarks and look forward to the second lesson.

I am so excited to find your videos. I am struggling with confidence and fear of riding, I have ridden all my life and trained horses as well. I had a bad fall after being bucked off my horse I had at the time, and over time the pain is coming back and is effecting my balance, and how I feel when I ride. At this point my horse has been with a trainer for 3 months because I didn’t have the confidence to do him myself, so now I am taking back my riding life by going to a… Read more »

Thank you Barbra. I appreciate your knowledge and expertise. I am sure this series will help me ride with more confidence in my journey to be the best horseperson I can be. I am really focusing on what matters to me in riding and not what others want or think I should be doing. Thank you again.

Thank you for lesson one it has already inspirer me to try to realaxe and be in the moment on the horse I ride I have the problem that I am afraid he will go too fast
I am looking forward to lesson 2

Hi Barbara, just listened to this and found it deeply resonated with how I feel inside. Learning to slow down and really focus on being in the present and connected with my horse is so important. Thanks so much for offering this series and for sharing your experiences and knowledge. You are such an inspiration. I look forward to lesson 2.

Barb……. I’m 62 and feel pretty darn confident I can relate to your 3 secrets. I’ve been blessed with horses who helped me arrive at not having to prove anything to anyone but myself, solid horses who don’t make me nervous to enter the show pen………and I have stumbled upon great mentors…….. You, Sandy Collier, Andrea Fappani, and other great reining trainers I have attended clinics with……I was extremely lucky to be introduced to Centered Riding when I started dressage before going down the reining and reined cow horse path i now travel. And blessed to ride with Sally Swift… Read more »

I can identify with comments submitted by Debbie Schultze and Glee Bohanon. I am 68, and offered private instruction at my stable – to primarily non-horse-owning novices – for 35 years. Although I have not a competitive bone in my body, many of my students went on to horse ownership and competition. I was excellent at explaining the basics in horse care, western pleasure, hunt and saddle seat; and have notebooks full of accolades for horse related community service and “thank you’s” from former students. But, for the past eight years, I have been essentially alone with my retired schooling… Read more »

Hello Barbra, Thank you for offering this video series! I have enjoyed watching this first video. I am an older rider who is returning to riding after a long hiatus. I have been having some challenges with confidence and feeling I may not be good enough and with staying true to what I want to do. I really relate to the worry of what others may be thinking and that I should be further along than I am! I have been working on all that and am making good progress and I’m very appreciative that your video is helping me… Read more »

There are some things that really resonate with me. Taking the time and being really honest about what matters to me and then doing my best to live those values. To treat myself well, believing that I’m enough in every moment of the journey. That confidence isn’t something you achieve but rather it’s something you carry within your heart. It’s about positive affirmations, positive beliefs, being honest with yourself, being kind, surrounding yourself with those who can lead and guide you on your path forward. I have a finished horse I’ve done a lot with and feel linked to. I… Read more »

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